ICCPR Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Foundations Certification (ICCPR CRFC)

The goal of the ICCPR CRFC program is to augment capacity for CR delivery around the globe. This course educates individuals on how to deliver all the core CR components, in accordance with ICCPR’s consensus statement on CR delivery in low-resource settings. The aim is to recognize healthcare professionals from multiple disciplines who have achieved competence in the foundations of CR delivery and are committed to the basic CR practice standards espoused in the component modules. Graduates will be equipped to deliver basic preventive and rehabilitation services for cardiovascular diseases in the settings in which they work. This program will provide learners with the cognitive knowledge to deliver CR, but technical and clinical skills should be developed in the home setting.

There is a Chinese version of the course available here: http://www.xklmchina.com/

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For more information, contact iccprcrfc@gmail.com. Additional module requests, in any language, are invited, through following our policy.

Click here to watch an overview video describing the CRFC designation and how to apply. See here a video describing the basis for the certification, its’ evaluation as well as a testimonial from a CRFC learner. And in the following links you can see an excerpt or summary of some CRFC modules:

• Importance of CR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ValvRdFonyc
  
• Psychosocial wellbeing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcs4imoyJYg
• Patient Education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVQLBRM-Kw4 

Positive evaluation of CRFC: Babu, A.S., Heald, F.H., Contractor, A., Ghisi, G.L.M., Buckley, J., Mola, A., Atrey, A., Lopez, F.L.J. & Grace, Sherry L. Building capacity in cardiac rehabilitation through the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Foundations Certification (CRFC) program: Evaluation of reach, barriers and impact. JCRP (epub). You can find slides summarizing the results here.

This certification has been accredited for 8 ACSM credits.

The American College of Sports Medicine’s Professional Education Committee certifies that “International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation” meets the criteria for official ACSM Approved Provider status from 2020 – December 2023. Approved Providers and their content reflect the concepts of their respective organizations and do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of ACSM.  Providership #867154. Link 

 
 

No content or images within the certification program are to be copied or

reprinted without express written permission from ICCPR.

The following individuals have earned the ICCPR CRFC designation:

AA Ayu Dwi Adelia Yasmin (Indonesia) 

Abhisha Patel (USA / India)

Abrar Hussain (Canada)

Adan Shabbir Ali Qazi (Pakistan)

Ahmad Salman (Kuwait)

Akhila Satyamurthy (India)

Alishiya Bhuvanaraj (Canada)

Aleksandra Nikolovski (Canada)

Alex René LeBlanc (Canada)

Allyssa Clemeno (Canada)

Amandeep Singh (Canada)

Amanpreet Sandhu (Canada)

Amber Stang (Canada)

Aneri Dipak Patel (India)

Andrea Peattie (Australia)

Ankita Deodhar (India)

Anna Salova (Canada)

Arya Sehat-Pour  (Canada)

Ashan Wijekoon (Sri Lanka)

Ashley Lowe (Canada)

Athusa Sriskandaraj (Canada)

Bahar Akbarloyshabgahi (Canada)

Bea Marie Capistrano (Canada)

Bhahavi Kuganeswaran (Canada)

Bhavna Singh (Canada)

Bruce Moran (Canada)

Carley Stewart (Canada)

Carol Tran (Canada)

Cassandra Schlosser (Canada)

Celeste Shirley (Canada)

Chris Cheng (Canada)

Christopher Long (Australia)

Cindy Lim (Singapore)

Clara Baker (Canada)

Clarise Lim (Canada)

Cole Gunderson (Canada)

Colette De Villiers (South Africa)

Connie Tou (Canada)

Danish Narula (Canada)

Dawson Peres (Canada)

Dayna Essue (Canada)

Deepak Annaji Rao (India)

Diana Alonzi (Canada)

Disha Pujary (India)

Dhatri Shukla (Canada)

Dmitri Meylo Smith (Canada)

Dolev Yissar (Canada)

Dylan Chipperfield (Canada)

Ebone Maurisa Symone Davis (Canada)

Eduardo Hernandez (Canada)

Ellana Eadie (Canada)

Ellie Strahley (Australia)

Eman Sahir (Canada)

Emilia Degutis (Canada)

Eugene Lee  (Canada)

Evangelos Dalianis (UK)

Faizan Aslam (Canada)

Fan Xiaomian (China)

Ferit Böyük (Turkey)

Filip Dosbaba (Czech Republic)

Fiorella Heald (Indonesia)

Gabriela Melo Ghisi (Brazil/Canada)

Gagandev Sidhu (Canada)

Gajani Baskaranathan (Canada)

Gigi Mathew (Qatar)

Glenn Curry (USA)

Gurkaran Banga (Canada)

Gurpreet Pannu (Canada)

Hailey Malkin (Canada)

Halima Abubakar (Canada)

Harshavardhan Guruprasad (Canada)

Heather Payette (Canada)

Henita Menezes (India)

Hifsah Malik (Canada)

Hyungmin Kim (South Korea)

Iulia Soerensen (Canada)

Jacqueline Hol (Curaçao)

Jagitha Pathmanathan (Canada)

Jamila Ninche (Canada)

Jashan Mann (Canada)

Jaskirat Pandher (Canada)

Jaskaranjit Chhoker (Canada)

Jason James (Canada)

Jason Ngai (Canada)

Jawaher Al Hakeem (Canada)

Jayestha Dipeshkumar Amin (Canada)

Jennifer Anne Bondoc (Qatar/Philippines)

Jennifer De La Franier (Canada)

Jennifer Ruland (Canada)

Jinmy Iglesias Paredes (Canada)

Jithmi Samarakoon (Sri Lanka)

Jo-Anne Harvey (Australia)

John Paul De Leon (Philippines)

John Viernes (Canada)

Jonathan Gallagher (Ireland)

Jorge Lara Vargas (Mexico)

Joyce Yii Li Tan (Australia)

Julie Ann M. Ureta (Qatar/Philippines)

Jungin Kim (Canada)

Jyothi Nayak (India)

Ibrahim Mehmood (Canada)

Karanvir Panesar (Canada)

Karissa Stephens (Canada)

Kathryn Tonini (Australia)

Kaye Arrojo Lariego (Qatar)

Kavinayaa Parameswaran (Canada)

Kaitlyn Anderson (Canada)

Keith Wu (Canada)

Kevin Cheung Sze-keung  (Hong Kong)

Kevin Dass (Canada)

Kevin Yoon (Canada)

Khyati Kothary (India)

Kiavash Poostforoosh Bataghva (Canada)

Kirsty Moffett (New Zealand)

Komail Abbasali (Canada)

Kyla Layton (Canada)

Ladislav Batalik (Czech Republic)

Laibah Hassan (Canada)

Lakshman Lal Suthar (Canada)

Laura Touhey (Canada)

Lauren Petroff (Canada)

Lauren Sibbald (Canada)

Liang Jianying (China)

Lindsay Churcher (Canada)

Luca Cardilli (United Kingdom)

Luka Koprivica (Canada)

Lyanne Carruthers (Canada)

Lydia Dagnachew (Canada)

Mackenzie da Costa (India)

Ma. Katrina Lariego (Qatar/Philippines)

Manori Jayawardena (Sri Lanka)

Marina Shaker  (Canada)

Mark Gerges (Canada)

Martje van Niejenhuis (Curaçao)

Marvelous Agbonwaneten (Canada)

Mary Angel Kaye Conje (Canada)

Maryam Nihal (Canada)

Mehreen Bilal (Canada)

Meilin Fu (Canada)

Menandro Mahinay (Qatar/Philippines)

Michelle Tran (Canada)

Michelle Molubi (Canada)

Minfang Yang (Canada)

Mitra Esmaili (Canada)

Mohamad Azwan Aziz (Malaysia)

Mohiul Chowdhury (Canada)

Muhammad Bilal (Canada)

Myat Bhone Aung (Myanmar)

Nadia Ebrahimi (Canada)

Nadiya Mansuri (Canada)

Nafeez Syed (Canada)

Najeeb Wahab  (Canada)

Narasimman Swaminathan (India)

Narayan Subedi (Nepal) 

Nasim Saba (Canada)

Natalie Wong (Canada)

Natasha Tai (Canada)

Nermin Al Hakeem (Canada)

Nicole Balian (Canada)

Nina Govaert (Canada)

Niramayee Prabhu (India)

Noemi De La Rosa (Qatar/Philippines)

Palav Bhargava (Canada)

Parthasarathi Thangaraj (Qatar/India)

Peilin Chen (Canada)

Peggy (Indonesia) *no last name

Prajakta Tilaye (India)

Prasobh Jacob (India)

Praveen Jayaprabha Surendran (Qatar)

Priya Antony Mariaraj (Qatar/India)

Pui Yee Chan (Malaysia)

Qurat ul ain Mohtasim (Pakistan)

Rachael Daniel (Canada)

Rajeshwari Jayaraman (India)

Rakhi Singh Thakur (Qatar)

Rana Ahmad Zia (Canada)

Reena Annirood (Canada)

Rochelle Bonsu (Canada)

Ronamae Caqpulong (Canada)

Ruth Coleman (Ireland)

Ruth Hopkins (Canada)

Ryan Oliver Galvez (Qatar/Philippines)

Ryan Sweeney (Canada)

Sabira Janmohamed (Canada)

Saleha Shan (Pakistan)

Samantha Belanger (Canada)

Sampath Kumar Amaravadi (India / United Arab Emirates)

Sanjith Gabriel (India)

Sara Mesfin (Canada)

Sara Michelle Fraser (Australia)

Sarah Pauline Tran (Canada)

Sasikala Natarajan (Qatar/India)

Seyed Amir Mohammad Lajevardi (Canada)

Shabana Patel (Canada)

Shahab Entezami (Canada)

Shahriar Shiva (Canada)

Shams Al-Shareefi (Canada)

Sharehan Qwader (Qatar)

Sharon Curtis (Canada)

Shakiba Kamali (Canada)

Sherin Anton (Canada)

Sherry Grace (Canada)

Shira Rom (Canada)

Shraddha Shah (India)

Shumin Feng (Singapore)

Shweta Manwadkar (India)

Son Ian Lam (Canada)

Spyridoula Skondriani (Greece)

Sreeraj Sasidharan (India/United Arab Emirates)

Stacey Choy (China)

Stefania Tersigni (Canada)

Stephanie Irwin (Australia)

Sue Faludi (Canada)

Sumira Malik (Canada)

Sukhpreet Singh (Canada)

Tania Allahdadi Sany (Canada) 

Taslima Mamataz (Bangladesh/Canada)

Thomas Wallace (Australia)

Thuvaraka Senathirajah (Canada)

Tirazheh Sabouri-Yazdi (Canada)

Tom Jose E.J. (United Arab Emirates)

Umbreen Azhar (Pakistan)

Vaishanav Natarajan (India)

Vaizhaly Ravindran (Canada) 

Victoria Zaffino (Canada)

Viraj Tamakuwala (Canada)

Walimuni Abeysekera (Sri Lanka)

Wanda Cocchetto (Canada)

William Alexander Nanda (India)

Won-Kee Chang (South Korea)

Won-Seok Kim (South Korea)

Xinying Yang (Canada)

Yashar Shalehchi (Canada)

Yuliya Yatskiv (Canada)

Zahra Davoodi (Canada)

Zahra Malik (Canada)

Zakiya Tavernier (Canada)

Zarifa Kamilova (Azerbaijan)

Zhengnan Mai (Canada)

 

The ICCPR entered into a partnership with USV Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, which is a prominent pharmaceutical house with a focus on promoting medical education.

USV Pvt Ltd enrolled almost 1,000 healthcare professionals (primarily cardiologists) across India to take the CRFC certification. In 2018, the cardiologists completed one module per month,  followed by the online exam.

The content of each module was valued by the Indian cardiologists. The CRFC course will enhance the practice of preventive cardiology in India.

 

The CRFC is overseen by a working group of ICCPR. Their terms of reference can be found here.

First Name	Last Name	Country	Expertise / Module Lead	Role
Rebecca	Liang	Toronto, Canada	nutrition	member
Narasimman	Swaminathan	Chennai, India	exercise	member
John	Buckley	UK	alternative settings	member
Aashish	Contractor	Mumbai, India	medical risk factor mgmt..	chair
Tee-Joo	Yeo	Singapore	Medical risk factor management	2nd module SME
Kevin Cheung	Sze-Keung	Hong Kong	assessment	member
Yu	Fan	China	n/a	Chinese CRFC rep
Gabriela	Ghisi	Brazil/Canada	pt. education	member
Sherry	Grace	Toronto, Canada	Psychosocial	vice
Diann	Gaalema	Vermont, US	Tobacco cessation	member
Carley	Stewart	Toronto, Canada	n/a	Secretary